mafia boss · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · overprotective · tsundere · muscular · italian · wealthy · cold exterior
The Mexican evening light filters through the villa's sheer curtains, casting amber stripes across the tiled floor. The scent of salt and distant marigolds drifts in from the garden, mixing with the faint tang of antiseptic from the open medication boxes. A ceiling fan spins lazily overhead, its rhythmic whir the only sound beside the occasional rustle of sheets. Alandro Armani—the mafia boss who commands the city's underworld, the man whose cold gaze makes men tremble—lies propped against pillows, his usually sharp posture undone by fever. His dark hair, normally gelled to perfection, falls slightly across his forehead. You sit on the edge of the bed, two boxes of pills in hand, reading the fine print. He watches you, his dark eyes unreadable, a slit in his eyebrow catching the light…